Public Lectures Autumn 2018
Booking through Eventbrite is advised - both free and donation tickets are available
Thursday October 11th
How did Rabbis of the Talmud learn about medicine?
Mark Geller
Reception from 6.30pm, foyer, Roberts Building.
Lecture at 7.00pm David Davies lecture theatre G08, Roberts Building.
Entrance to both via UCL Roberts Building, Malet Place WC1E 7JE.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-did-rabbis-of-the-talmud-learn-about-medicine-tickets-51123512803
Monday October 15th
Dr Gumpertz Levisohn: physician and maskil - the London years (1770-1780)
Kenneth Collins
Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Reception from 6.30pm Anatomy Building foyer, Lecture 7.00 Gavin de Beer lecture theatre.
UCL Medical Sciences and Anatomy Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT.
https://gumpertz-levisohn.eventbrite.co.uk
Thursday October 18th
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND
Zionism and Jewish Identity
Jack Omer-Jackaman
Kings College London
Reception from 6.30pm, foyer, Roberts Building
Lecture 7.00pm David Davies lecture theatre G08, Roberts Building
Entrance to both via UCL Roberts Building, Malet Place WC1E 7JE.
https://zionism-and-jewish-identity. eventbrite.co.uk
Wednesday October 22nd
Bilingual Rabbis: Mapping the Use of Languages in the Talmud Yerushalmi
Willem Smelik, UCL
Reception from 6.30pm, foyer, Lecture 7.00pm David Davies lecture theatre G08, Roberts Building. Entrance to both via UCL Roberts Building, Malet Place WC1E 7JE.
https://bilingualrabbis.eventbrite.co.uk
Wednesday October 31st
The Jewish calendar 921/2: when Palestinians and Babylonians celebrated the festivals on different dates
Sacha Stern, UCL
PLEASE NOTE REVISED TIMING AND VENUE FOR THIS EVENT
Lecture 6.30pm, Followed by drinks. Cruciform lecture theatre 2, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, entrance opposite UCL main gate.
https://jewishcalendar.eventbrite.co.uk
Monday November 12th
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANGLO-ISRAEL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Food and Alcohol in Iron Age Israel and Judah: Archaeological Perspectives
Rebekah Welton, University of Essex
Lecture 6.00pm, theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY.
Thursday November 15th
JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND 125th ANNIVERSARY EVENT
Back to the Future
David Latchman
CHANGE OF VENUE
It will now take place in the Jeremy Bentham Room, Wilkins Octagon (centre of the main Wilkins building, next to the Main Library entrance, between the North and South Cloisters). Reception is in the Garden Room as advertised.
Thursday November 29th (CHANGE OF DATE & LOCATION)
DAVID EISENBERG MEMORIAL LECTURE
The House and the Book: sanctuary and scripture in late antique Judaism and Christianity, and early Islam
Gerald Hawting, SOAS
The Institute of Archaeology lecture theatre G6, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY. Drinks from 6pm, lecture 6.30pm